Times Advocate, 1991-07-31, Page 19JARMIJPDATF
Times -Advocate, July 31 1991
Page 19
Government releases report, claims farm income to Improve in -'91
OTTAWA - Canadian farm in-
comes are expected to increase in
1991, due to lower operating ex-
penses, the implementation of new
safety net programs (GRIP and
N1SA) and the Farm Support and
Adjustment Measure (FSAM) tran-
sition program, claim Agriculture
Canada.
The announcement was made last
week by Ministry economists who
released their second-quarter agri-
culture outlook for 1991. The re-
vised farm income projections
were prepared in consultation with
provincial ministries of agriculture
and Statistics Canada.
Realized net income for 1991 is
forecast to increase by eight per-
cent to $3.20 billion nationally, fol-
lowing a decline of 28 percent in
1990. Forecast increases in pro-
gram payments offsetting lower
market receipts, combined with
lower operating expenses, are the
main factors in the forecast in -
crease for fann incomes.
Regionally, a significant increase
in related net income is forecast for
Manitoba (29%). British Columbia
(21%), Saskatchewan (11%) and
Ontario (11%). Higher income
prospects for British Columbia are
the result of expected returns to
more normal levels of production
for fruits and vegetables, combined
with an improvement in prices and
larger provincial program pay-
ments. For Manitoba, the increase
in realized net income is attribut-
able to lower operating expenses,
combined with higher cash re-
ceiRts. The substantial amount of
1990 Special Income Support Pro-
gram payments made this year and
expected GRIP/NISA payments
more than offset lower crop re-
ceipts.
Moderate increases are forecast
for Newfoundland (5%), Nova
Scotia (2%), Quebec (4%) and Al-
berta (5%). Significant declines are
expected in Prince Edward Island
(20%) and New Brunswick (18%),
due in part to less favorabk pros-
pects for potato prices.
Market receipts are forecast to
decline two percent form the 1990
level. Less favorable price pros-
pects for grains, oilseeds and pota-
Shearing demonstration - While family and friends looked on, Glenn
Paine of Kerwood demonstrated sheep shearing at the Zurich Fair.
This Finn sheep is one of three brought to the fair by Donald Dear-
ing of Exeter .
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Old-timers around this country
will remember the scare tactics
used by Senator Joe McCarthy in
the 1950s.
He had Americans believing that
there was a Communist behind
every bush on 'the White House
lawn. He would stand up in the
House Un-American Activities
Committee and shout that the FBI,
for instance, had 54 known Com-
munist sympathizers working as
agents.
He had the entire 'world buffa-
loed. Thousands of careers suf-
fered. Men and women were fired
because they were tainted with the
red brush. It took a brave and cou-
rageous journalist like Edward R.
Murrow to reveal that McCarthy
was a big bag of wind.
It seems to me that is what farm-
ers need today to fend off the extre-
mists in the animal rights move-
ment.
Agriculture has made some
strides through the work of the On-
tario Farm Animal Council, a group
doing its best to educate the public.
A recent booklet called Food for
Thought has been published by the
council and it is available to any-
one.
But agriculture has a tough job.
At one time, more than 50 percent
of the population had a direct inter-
est in farming. Not so today. Only
about three or four -percent of the
population is directly engaged in
farming and they are busy people.
They haven't got time to dispel
the myths, to argue about the way
farm animals arc used, althougha
few farmers I know have taken the
time to address service clubs and
explaii -their operation. It is this
grassroots -style of communicating
that will, I believe, help all of agri-
culture in years to come.
The farm animal council can get
directly involved in many ai2as.
Members can battle some of the fa-
natics who arc admittedly out to
stop the use of farm animals for
anything. They want the whole
world to be vegetarians. They do
not want cows to be milked. They
want chickens to go back to the
wild. They want hogs to roam
free. They even suggest that dogs
and cats kept as pets are not serv-
ing the use that God intended
them.
As for using any kind of animal
for scientific experiments, that's a
no -no.
I am an animal -lover, too,
friends. I am like most farmers.
They, too, are animal lovers or
they would not be farmers. They_
realize that healthy, happy, un-
stressed animals produce more
milk, put on pounds faster and eas-
ier, lay more eggs and produce
healthier litters than stressed -out
stock. It is to the farmer's advan-
tage to keep animals.' healthy and
happy.
If you listen to the radical ani-
mal rightists, you will come away
with the opinion that laying hens
are so crowded in their wire cages,
they do not have room to turn
around. Yet, they are fed a better -
balanced diet than most children.
They are in clean cages because
the refuse goes through to a trough
under the cages.
The radicals will tell you that
veal calves are kept in a narrow
stall, unable to lie down and kept
in the dark and fed only milk so
that the "white" meat will prevail.
In fact, the veal calves I have
seen are fed excellent diets in
roomy stalls with lots of bedding.
The fanatics deplore what ex-
perts say is good husbandry in the
raising or using of farm animals.
I do not waht to tar all animal'
rightists with this fanatic label.
Some are sincere and will listen to
reason.
But there is that fanatic fringe
which could make it difficult and
even impractical for honest farm-
ers to make a living. Those are the
people to watch.
Huron farmers meeting
in Clinton to
discuss their future
CLINTON - Will agriculture
continue to be the dominant indus-
try in Huron County in years to
come? If so, what shape will it
take as it meets the demands of the
1990s and the next century?
Those questions and more will
be addressed at a special meeting
in the Clinton Town Hall Thursday
evening. The meeting, open to all
members of Huron's farm commu-
nity, is part of the overall Huron
County Study which aims to put
the entire region's future into some
kind of perspective.
The study will include several
meetings, some with the general
public, four with council members,
and some with special focus
groups, of which the agricultural
meeting is one.
As other industries, such as man-
ufacturing, the service industry,
and tourism increase in importance
in the County, agriculture will
have to fight hard to keep its domi-
nance.
"Although agriculture continues
to produce a fair amount ofd-
uct in Huron County, it continues
to do it with fewer and fewer peo-
ple," explained Gary Davidson in
the Huron Planning and Develop-
ment department.
Thursday's meeting will help de-
termine what needs those people
left in agriculture will have.
"We're seeing what they can do
to help," said Davidson.
"Economies change," said David-
son, who termed agriculture as part
of the area's "old economy"
Much of the new job develop-
ment in the County will be in other
sectors, predicted Davidson, most
of it going to women.
"It doesn't mean they're (farmers)
not important - they're just not a
source of new jobs," he added.
One possibility for future eco-
nomic development is the attempt
to attract agriculture -related indus-
try to the County. Despite the fact
that Huron produces more agricul-
tural products than any othcr
county in Ontario, much of the
food processing, machinery manu-
facture, and agricultural research
and testing is done elsewhere in the
province.
Davidson said some of his depart-
ment's research has shown many in
the farm community -take a pessi-
mistic view of their future.
"They may say there isn't a future
for agriculture in Huron," said Dav-
idson. "There's quite a bit of pessi-
mism out there."
The meeting will be held at the
Clinton Town Hall, Thursday eve-
ning at 8 p.m.
toes are key factors. Crop receipts
arc expected to decline five percent
to $8.1 billion, while livestock re-
ceipts should remain stable at
$11.1 billion.
Total program payments includ-
ing input rebates are forecast at
$2.7 billion, while livestock re-
ceipts should amain stabler at
$11.1 billion.
Total program payments induct-
ing input rebates are forecast at
$2.7 billion, an increase of 17 per-
cent over the 1990 level. Much of
the increase is'directed at the grain
and oilseed sector where incomes•
remain well below historical levels.
Operating expenses and deprecia-
tion charges are expected to drop
by one percent to $18.5 billion.
Lower interest rates and purchases
feed prices are the major factors in
the decline.
Farm cash receipts
• Total farm cash receipts for
1991 are expected to remain at the
1990 level of $21.5 billion as a re-
sult of higher program payments
offsetting lower crop receipts with
stable livestock receipts.
• In Prince Edward Island and
New Brunswick, farm cash receipts
are forecast to drop by 5-6 percent
due to expected declines in potato
receipts.
• In British Columbia, cash re-
ceipts are expected to increase by
three percent due to higher horti-
cultural production and improved
prices.
• Total program payments, in-
cluding input rebates, are forecast
at $2.7 billion, up 17 percent as a
result of substantial payments un-
der the new safety net programs to-
gether with the Farm Support and
Adjustment Measures program
(FSAM) and under Western Granis
Stabilization Act (WGSA).
Crop receipts
• Crop receipts are forecast to
drop by five percent, primarily due
to lower grain and oisleed receipts.
• Potato receipts are expected to
decrease significantly in the east
due to weak prices, while in the
west, potato receipts are forecast to
increase due to higher prices and
marketings.
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Crop Tour
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crop tour of White Beans, Soybeans, and Corn, plus various Fertilizer and
Chemical programs. Your spouses are also invited to join us for the day if they
wish.
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TIME: Tour - 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
BBQ - 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
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